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Residents of Braamfontein, the CBD and Parktown are without electricity and smoked out by the underground cable fire in Johannesburg's inner city that broke out in the cable tunnels on Tuesday night.
Underground cables that caught fire on Tuesday midnight on the M1 have caused a massive power outage in several areas around Johannesburg.
Police initially held the traffic to allow emergency services to reach the area
The motorway was closed this evening, Highways East Midlands has confirmed
The incident happened just south of the Coalville and Leicester exit, junction 22